Police detained Ian Scott Shoemaker,
29, after he provided police a fake name following a traffic stop
Saturday afternoon at George and E streets in Plainfield Township.
Shoemaker was wanted by Nazareth police for participating in a car
break-in spree along with his girlfriend, his girlfriend's teenage son
and another teenage boy.

Police
have said Shoemaker's girlfriend, 46-year-old Christine Petchonka,
admitted to police she drove Shoemaker, her son and another boy around
at night to steal from unlocked cars in Nazareth. Petchonka was
arraigned last month for her alleged role in the theft spree.

The
case was cracked
when police identified the second boy from surveillance video as one of
the culprits in a theft on Sept. 3 from a car in the 200 block of
Madison Street, according to court records. The boy told police about
the theft spree and identified Shoemaker as an accomplice, records say.

Police
recovered more than $10,000 in stolen items, mostly electronics, from a
storage unit Petchonka owns in Lower Nazareth Township, police have
said.

Authorities haven't placed a number on how many thefts
the group allegedly participated in but have said they are investigating
possible ties to similar incidents throughout the Lehigh Valley.

Shoemaker, who has no known address,
is charged with dozens of counts of theft by unlawful taking,
conspiracy, criminal solicitation, receiving stolen property and
loitering. He was arraigned before District Judge Todd Strohe and sent
to the Northampton County Prison in lieu of $45,000 bail.